Ruling · Govardhana Pūjā · 1995

Wednesday 25 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 10 minutes.

Decide it for

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The two middays

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday.

Midday of Tuesday 24 October

Pratipadā is absent from madhyāhna. Not taken.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
Pratipadā begins 12:36:12
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Midday of Wednesday 25 October

Taken. Pratipadā reaches neither midday; the rule takes the second day.

madhyāhna begins 11:38  12:26 madhyāhna ends
10:5011:1411:3812:0212:2612:5013:14

0 of 48 minutes covered

Pratipadā presentMadhyāhna, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Pratipadā runs from 12:36 on Tue 24 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct.

    1995-10-24T04:36:13Z → 1995-10-25T02:10:36Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Madhyāhna is 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday: 11:38–12:26 on the 24th, 11:38–12:26 on the 25th.

    madhyahna: midday-pm-1-ghatika · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Pratipadā must be present during madhyāhna. It covers 0 of 48 minutes on the 24th and 0 of 48 on the 25th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Neither midday qualifies. The rule takes the second day.

    priority: purvaviddha → second-day · margin 601 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Govardhana Pūjā, Baoding, 1995: Wednesday 25 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Govardhana Pūjā 1995 falls on Wednesday 25 October. Pratipadā runs from 12:36 on Tue 24 Oct to 10:11 on Wed 25 Oct, and reaches madhyāhna on neither day.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/1995/govardhana-puja · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingWed 25 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionWed 25 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 24 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/govardhana-puja · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Kārtika, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Pratipadā
Kāla
Madhyāhna
Priority
Pūrvaviddhā
Tie-break
First day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 1 Govardhana puja, Annakuta [purvaviddha], Balidaityaraja puja (pradosa), Dyuta pratipad (purvahna).” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlacePratipadāMadhyāhna 24thCoveredMadhyāhna 25thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles21:36 → 19:1112:1348 min12:130 min24 Oct
Chicago23:36 → 21:1112:1148 min12:100 min24 Oct
Jersey City00:36 → 22:1112:1648 min12:160 min24 Oct
Port of Spain00:36 → 22:1111:2648 min11:260 min24 Oct
London04:36 → 02:1111:2048 min11:200 min24 Oct
Durban06:36 → 04:1111:1648 min11:160 min24 Oct
Dubai08:36 → 06:1111:3948 min11:390 min24 Oct
Delhi10:06 → 07:4111:4148 min11:410 min24 Oct
Kolkata10:06 → 07:4110:5748 min10:570 min24 Oct
Singapore12:36 → 10:1112:2537 min12:250 min24 Oct
Sydney14:36 → 12:1111:160 min11:1648 min25 Oct
Suva16:36 → 14:1111:270 min11:2748 min25 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
govardhana-puja@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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